Black Balloon Essay Notes

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Black Balloon Essay Intro Topic sentence: visual texts have the power to deliver eye opening messages towards the certain issues in society. Introduce: Directed by Alisa down Brief summary: struggles of the family living in a corrupt society towards special people. Issues/conventions: aspect of autism is shown through disabilities and differences, people in society and dealing with autism displayed through juxtaposition, symbolism and character Viewers response – to make people more aware of autism and how it is like living with one and being in their shoes. Bp1 aspect: disabilities and differences Topic sentence - People who have been diagnosed with a disability are treated differently to a person who is ‘normal’. Explain the issue you are exploring – How Alisa down has conveyed the issue of people treating those who are mentally and physically different. Introduce the scene – the scene Down has portrayed well through juxtaposition and how it portrays the fact that the special people are seen as inferior in society comparing to the normal people dominating their lives horrifically Scene – “the scene where the school boys manipulate and girl with a disorder to lift up her bra” Analysis – which this problem was shown in the 1980s, as it was normal for people to call ‘different’ people ‘spastics’ and how the behaviour isn’t tolerated through the current times, as people are more educated. Viewer’s response – To feel appalled at the behaviour of the kids and to feel glad that sort of behaviour doesn’t happen now since we are more educated towards autism. Bp2 aspect: symbolism Topic sentence - Material things can be used to portray issues in society Explain the issue you are exploring – the movie black balloon by Alisa down presents a horrific issue of society towards special people in need and how autistic people are seen differently. Introduce
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